Mike Vanecek, On Thursday August 07, 2003 11:03, Mike Vanecek wrote: > Why does xinetd use a udp port? The port number is not always the same if > service xinetd restart is done. I can find nowhwere that this is > configured. I assume the xinetd process starts out of /etc/rc.d/init.d? But > why does it set up the udp connection? > > [root@xxx root]# netstat -natpu | grep xinetd > tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:110 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN > 20512/xinetd > tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:119 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN > 20512/xinetd > udp 0 0 0.0.0.0:760 0.0.0.0:* > 20512/xinetd > > [root@xxx root]# ps aux | grep xinetd > root 20512 0.0 0.2 2068 920 ? S 09:50 0:00 xinetd > -stayalive -pidfile /var/run/xinetd.pid It's "sgi_fam". You can test this by turning it off (chkconfig sgi_fam off) and restarting xinetd (service xinetd restart) to see if it goes away. -- Brian Ashe CTO Dee-Web Software Services, LLC. rhlist@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.dee-web.com/ -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list